Gale
ZONA, an American writer, born at Portage, Wis., in 1874. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1895, and until 1904 was enged in newspaper work in Milwaukee gaged and New York. She began contributing short stories to magazines and at once attained notice for her unusual skill in portraying life and character in rural communities. Her works include "Friendship Village" (1908); "Mothers to Men" (1911); "A Daughter of To-morrow" (1917); "Peace in Friendship Village" (1919); "Miss Lulu Bett" (1920).
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Galena
lead ore. Chemically, it is lead sulphide. It occurs in cubic crystals and in masses. It has a brilliant metallic luster, and is bluish gray in color. Galenas are quite likely to contain a percentage of silver. The city of Galena, Illinois, was named for lead ores found in the vicinity.
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Galena (City and county-seat of Jo)
a city and county-seat of Jo Daviess co., Ill.; on the Galena river, near its junction with the Mississippi, and on the Illinois Central, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Burlington and Chicago Great Western railroads; 165 miles W. of Chicago. It has steamer connections with all important river ports, and has numerous smelting, marble, and stone works, foundries, bridgeworks, machine shops, planing mills, and a large trade in farm and dairy products, and live stock. It is noted as an early residence of General Grant and received its name from the numerous lead mines in the vicinity. Among points of interest in the city are its public parks, Grant Park, United States Marine Hospital, Custom House, and the Grant Homestead. The city has an abundant water supply from artesian wells, fine natural drainage, public high school, daily and weekly papers, National banks. Pop. (1919) 4,835; (1920) 4,742.
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Galena (Sulphide of lead found both)
the sulphide of lead, found both in masses and crystallized in cubes, but sometimes in truncated octahedra; its color is bluish-gray, like lead, but brighter. For the most part it contains about 86.6 per cent. of lead and 13.4 of sulphur, generally some silver and also antimony, zinc, iron, and bismuth. Where the proportion of silver is high it is known as argentiferous galena, and worked with a view to the extraction of this metal. Galena occurs principally in the older or Primary rocks, being found in England mainly in the Mountain Limestone (base of the Carboniferous formation). In the United States it is very abundant, the deposit of galena in which the mines of Illinois are situated being the most extensive and important hitherto discovered.
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Galerius
or GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS, a Roman emperor; born of humble parentage, near Sardica, Dacia. Entering the imperial army, he rose rapidly to the highest ranks. In 292 Diocletian conferred on him the title of Cæsar, and gave him his daughter in marriage. In 296-297 he conducted a campaign against the Persians, in which he decisively defeated their king, Narses. On the abdication of Diocletian (305) he and Constantius Chlorus became joint rulers of the Ro man empire, Galerius taking the E. half. When Constantius died in York (306) the troops in Britain and Gaul immediately transferred their allegiance to his , (afterward Constantine son Constantine the Great). Galerius, however, retained possession of the E. till his death. He died in A. D. 311.
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Galesburg
a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Knox co. It is on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. It is an important industrial community and has the Burlington Railroad shops, stock yards, brick making plants, boiler and engine ine works, iron foundries, etc. It is the distributing point int for the wholesale and jobbing trade of a large section. The city is notable for the number of its educational institutions within its borders. These include Knox College, Lombard College, Corpus Christi Lyceum, St. Mary's School, St. Joseph's Academy, and others. There are several excellent parks, hospitals, and a public library. Pop. (1910) 22,089; (1920) 23,834.
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Galicia (Formerly a kingdom)
formerly a kingdom and afterward a province in Spain, bounded N. and W. by the Atlantic, S. by Portu. gal, and E. by Leon and Asturias, with an area of 11,340 square miles. It has been divided since 1833 into the minor provinces of Coruña, Lugo, Orense, and Pontevedra, whose joint population is about 2,10 2,100,000. The country is mountainous, being traversed by I by offsets of the Asturian chain, rising in their highest peaks to about 6,500 feet. The W. spurs, Capes Ortegal and Finisterre, project into the Atlantic. The numerous short but rapid rivers form small estuaries which afford secure havens and roads. The principal river is the Minho, which, with its feeder, the Sil, is navigable for small vessels on its lower course. Galicia is one of the most fruitful portions of Europe, and has a mild, nourishing climate. Mines of lead, tin, copper, and iron pyrites are worked. The inhabitants, called Gallegos, are a robust, vigorous, industrious race. Great numbers of them annually visit central and southern Spain and Portugal, where they find employment as harvesters, water carriers, porters, etc. Chief exports, live cattle, preserved meat, eggs, minerals, fish, fruits and grain; imports, coal, oil, hides, spirits, sugar, and tobacco. The principal towns are Santiago di Compostella and the two strongly fortified seaports Coruña and Ferrol. Galicia was a kingdom under the Suevi from 411 to 585, and again from 1060 to 1071, at which date it was finally incorporated with Leon and Castile.
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Galigai, Leonora
Wife of the Maréchal d'Ancre Concino Concini, who was killed by the populace, in 1617. She was believed to be a sorceress, and was said to have bewitched the Queen. In her possession were found three volumes full of magic characters, besides charms and amulets. At her trial, it was established that the Maréchal and his wife had consulted magicians, astrologers, and sorcerers, and had made use of waxen images, and that they had brought sorcerers from Nancy to sacrifice cocks, besides working many other sorceries and deeds of dark- ✓ ness. It is said that on her own confession, she was condemned, and was beheaded and burnt in 1617. But when President Courtin asked her by what charm she had bewitched the Queen, she replied, proudly : My spell was the power of a strong mind over a weak one." 66
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